### Function

# GLib hostname_to_unicode

since: 2.22

#### Declaration [src]

    gchar*
    g_hostname_to_unicode (
      const gchar* hostname
    )

#### Description [src]

Converts `hostname` to its canonical presentation form; a UTF-8 string in Unicode normalization form C, containing no uppercase letters, no forbidden characters, and no ASCII-encoded segments, and not ending with a trailing dot.

Of course if `hostname` is not an internationalized hostname, then the canonical presentation form will be entirely ASCII.

Available since: 2.22

#### Parameters

`hostname`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  A valid UTF-8 or ASCII hostname.

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

#### Return value

Type: `gchar*`

A UTF-8 hostname, which must be freed, or `NULL` if `hostname` is in some way invalid.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The return value can be `NULL`.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.